(Pikesville, MD) – Maryland State Police and State Highway Administration officials are implementing snow emergency plans in the metropolitan counties before the storm in order to be better prepared for snow removal operations when the storm arrives.
At 9:00 a.m. today, the snow emergency plan will go into effect in the following counties: Montgomery, Prince George’s, Howard, Frederick, Anne Arundel, and Baltimore. Parking is prohibited on any snow emergency route. Snow emergency plans are expected to be enacted in all Maryland counties as the storm progresses.
Maryland State Police will begin having abandoned vehicles parked along snow emergency routes towed to storage lots. This will enable State Highway Administration road crews to more effectively remove snow from the highways during the storm.
Motorists are reminded that if they abandon their vehicles along snow emergency routes during the snowstorm, they will be towed away by police. Motorists whose vehicles were towed from Maryland interstates or state highways should contact the State Police barracks nearest the location they left their vehicle to determine where their vehicle was taken. A complete list of State Police barracks is available at www.mdsp.org.
Colonel Terrence B. Sheridan, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police, has directed all four-wheel drive vehicles in the fleet to be deployed to road patrol troopers for the duration of the storm. Troopers from the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division, Automotive Safety Enforcement Division, and Special Operations Division have been reassigned from their normal |
